Drawings, ca. 1930s-1970s / by James Grainger Phillips
Drawings, ca. 1930s-1970s / by James Grainger Phillips
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Date
1930s-1970s
Call Numbers
PXD 1030
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Physical Description
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ca. 85 drawings - ca. 60 x 90 cm. or smaller - pencil, ink & watercolour
textual material - A4 - letters, printed
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Copyright status : Library Council of New South Wales
Research & study copies allowed : Publication of the drawings requires the written permission of the Library
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FOLDER 1
Drawings of the Sydney CBD, Harbour and port, showing the redevelopment of the city in the 1960's-1970's. There are drawings of the Qantas Building & State Government Offices, Chifley Square; Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, the western CBD, the Harbour Bridge, Gateway and Dawes Point
FOLDER 2
"Ransom" [cover] / John Cl...
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Drawings, ca. 1930s-1970s / by James Grainger Phillips
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Many works signed by the artist
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Pauline Roberts and Nick Phillips, January 2008
Administrative / Biographical history
James Grainger Phillips was born in Perth in 1915. After his father sent some of his work to the Bulletin, it was approved by Norman Lindsay and he was offered a position. He sailed to Sydney in 1934, aged 19 and started at the Bulletin as an office boy. He quickly became one of the black & white artists working for Smith's Weekly and the Bulletin...
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PXD 1030
Record Identifier
1JkmyArY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1JkmyArY
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Reference code
826092
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